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Apply: Arewa Femtech Fest For Female Entrepreneurs in Northern Nigeria

01/19/2021 Michael Olutayo

Financial Services Innovators (FSI) has partnered with Startup Arewa to launch a fintech challenge tagged Arewa Femtech Fest. The programme...

• Africa
• Fintech
• Payment

TeamApt Announces Shift in Consumer Focus and Plans to Commence Operations in West and North Africa

01/12/2021 Oluwasegun

Nigerian fintech company TeamApt has announced it will be shifting its focus from delivering financial services products to banks to...

• Banking
• Event
• Events
• Fintech

CBN Urges Banks to Share customers’ Data With Fintechs

08/08/2020 Musa Suleiman

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has asked commercial banks to share their customers’ data with financial technology (Fintech) companies...

• Fintech
• Funding
• Investment

Enygma Ventures Invests $1m in Zambian-Based Microfinance Startup, Lupiya

07/08/2020 Oluwasegun

Enygma Ventures has made a $1 million investment in Zambian based microfinance startup, Lupiya. This investment will enable Lupiya to...

• Fintech
• Investment
• Venture Capital

Egyptian Fintech Startup, MoneyFellows Raises $4m to Expand Across Africa

06/22/2020 Musa Suleiman

MoneyFellows, an Egyptian fintech startup, has scored $4 million in a Series A round to expand across Africa as well...

• Business
• Economy
• Fintech

Nigerian Fintechs: Quick And Effective But Can They Be Trusted?

09/03/2019 Oluwasegun

Ugochukwu Festus, a businessman at the popular computer village in Lagos was in dire need of cash to clear his...

• Fintech
• Partnership
• Venture Capital

Transsion Holdings and Wapi Capital Partner to Fund Early-stage African Fintech Startups

08/16/2019 Oluwasegun

Transsion Holdings, the manufacturers of Techno, infinix and Itel has partnered with Wapi Capital to find and fund fintech startups...

• Acquisition
• Africa
• Business
• Entrepreneurship
• Fintech
• Payment
• Technology

Kenya’s DPO Group Acquires South Africa’s PayFast

08/02/2019 Oluwasegun

DPO Group (Direct Pay Online), the leading African Payment Service Provider (PSP) has announced its acquisition of PayFast, one of...

• Banking
• Edtech
• Fintech
• Funding
• Innovation
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Technology

Union Bank Launches N5m EdTech Challenge

07/31/2019 Mohammed Mane

As part of efforts to promote innovation in the education sector, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has announced the launch...

• Africa
• Fintech
• Partnership
• Payment
• Startup
• Technology

Flutterwave Gives African Merchants Access to 1 Billion Potential Customers Via Partnership With Alipay

07/30/2019 Oluwasegun

Africa-focused fintech company, Flutterwave has partnered with Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba through Alipay in order to give African merchants access...